Career
Kontova obtained a Bachelor in Art History and History from the Charles University in Prague and went on to study Czechoslovakian and Italian futurism at the Milan University in 1977. She participated in numerous symposia and has conducted interviews with artists such as Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Marina Abramović, Vanessa Beecroft, Shirin Neshat, Francesco Vezzoli, Gian Marco Montesano and Michelangelo Pistoletto. In 2004 she founded a private art foundation in Prague, Nadace Prague Biennale.
Every two years she directs the Prague Biennale, a Biennal of emerging artists that concentrates each time on different social and geographical aspects.
1993: Aperto "93, 45th Venice Biennale LINK
1994: Audience 0.01, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy / LINK
2000: Fuori Uso: The Bridges, Pescara, Italy. 2001: Tirana Biennale 1, National Gallery, Tirana
2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013: Prague Biennale.